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A ship identifying itself as the USS Lake Erie - a guided missile cruiser - last transmitted its location in the Caribbean Sea on 30 August, east of the Panama Canal on 30 August.

The Boikiy - a corvette armed with guided missiles - broadcast the fake ID code as it passed through the Channel on Saturday.

The Nimitz carries a contingent of fighter jets and is escorted by several guided missile destroyers.

In December, Sudan's defence ministry said that the weapons supplied included strategic drones that carry guided missiles.

Both Ukrainian and Russian forces have used artillery and guided missiles extensively, to prevent enemy forces advancing and to attack supply depots and command centres.